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Loafyboy · #26 (**permalink**) Nov-05-2009, 19:29

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Originally Posted by deleafer2220

Looking great..going to look at cool tubes soon..you have me convinced on them now ..Thanks LB

Cool man! They are superb, well worth the money.

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Originally Posted by bonedaddy420

Whats goin down Loafy! Looks like them buckets are treating you right, as long as the air is on

Yeah, probably wont make that mistake again, think I got away with it though!

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Originally Posted by moz2009

stupid question, but fairly new to growing. how easy are those buckets to flush and change the nuets as my grow space is in my attic. and what sort of money are those cool tubes.

cheers.

plants looking mega!

Hey Moz, they are real easy to flush as long as you fit a means of draining them before you start using them. The usual method is to drill a hole near the bottom of the bucket (I used a 16mm drill bit) and fit a 16mm O/D (13mm I/D) rubber grommett from the inside. You can then fit a 90 degree elbow (outer section pointing up) and a piece of clear tubing. The clear tubing acts as a nutrient level indicator and you can turn the elbow through 180 degrees to drain the bucket (into another bucket of course). This saves you having to move your plants when you drain the nutes. If you go to the start of my grow log and look at the left hand bucket in the early pics you will see the clear tube (ignore the right hand bucket, that uses an experimental method I am trying, where I have a T piece instead of an elbow, which allows an extra tube with a tap to drain, but I'm not too keen on it). You need to make sure you have room to put a bucket below the bottom of your grow bucket in order to drain it..... hope this all makes sense.

As for the cool tube, my local hydro shop sells them for around £45 for a 5" diameter and £50 for a 6". If you have a local shop they can help with allsorts of stuff.

Peace

Loafyboy · #27 (**permalink**) Nov-06-2009, 13:26

Update, 21 days in flower.

Just looked in on the ladies and noticed some nice sugary trichs starting to show through, unfortunately my usual camera has gone for repair as it was playing up, so I will have to make do with an old crappy camera for a while.

Both plants are looking real niiiice!

moz2009 · #28 (**permalink**) Nov-06-2009, 16:52

thanx, think i got it! was thinkg of making my own to accommadate 4 plants. i want to make my resivior 4ft by 2ft. how deep will my res need to be and will this be bigger enough for 4 plants? tight arse i know but on a tight budget at the mo.

Loafyboy · #29 (**permalink**) Nov-07-2009, 12:59

Just done a nute change and thought I would take some pics while I was at it. They are both doing well.

Pic 3 is a closer pic of the plant that was without an air pump for 5 days.

Loafyboy · #30 (**permalink**) Nov-11-2009, 12:49

Lots of buds, lots of trichs, things are building up pace now! I had a little rummage through the undergrowth, and there are so many buds forming right in the thick of the plants! This must be a result of the 400w HPS light because although there were some buds lower down on my previous grows (with the 250w HPS), there were never this many.... awesome!

Still using the crap camera, although think I'm getting slightly better results from it now (been pissing about with the settings). Pic 3 shows some nice trichs forming on the smaller plant.

EvilCartman · #31 (**permalink**) Nov-11-2009, 13:15

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Originally Posted by Loafyboy

Lots of buds, lots of trichs, things are building up pace now!

Indeed! Really lookin' good! Keep those cords plugged in.

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Originally Posted by Loafyboy

Pic 3 shows some nice trichs forming on the smaller plant.

Nice! Those buds are gonna look killer!

Looks like a good plant for making butter or hash.

Loafyboy · #32 (**permalink**) Nov-11-2009, 15:35

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Originally Posted by EvilCartman

Nice! Those buds are gonna look killer!

Looks like a good plant for making butter or hash.

Cheers man, I have grown this strain before and made butter from the leaves (of 1 plant). The result was

me and a few mates were absolutely fried, I mean couldn't even move. That was from 1 cookie each made from the butter, with enough butter for about 48 cookies. Now I have half a cookie and that is

perfect

as long as you don't have anything important to do!

Loafyboy · #33 (**permalink**) Nov-13-2009, 12:53

Nute change shortly, they are now starting 5 weeks of 12/12, so time to boost P & K! Got some Vitalink Buddy (used on my previous grows as well) which is a phosphorous and potassium flower/bud booster. Will update later once done.

Thought I'd add some pics I've just taken with my USB microscope of some of the bud from my last grow.... let me know what you guys think!

Loafyboy · #34 (**permalink**) Nov-15-2009, 16:31

Nute change has been done, and bud booster has been added. Each bucket is filled to around 16 litres with water, and at this stage of flowering I am adding canna aqua flores: 20ml part A, and 20ml of part B. Then adding Vitalink buddy: 15 ml.

My water which has a mS of 0.8 then becomes around 1.8 mS.

I then use around 2 - 2.5ml phosphoric acid to bring the pH down from around 6.7 to 5.6. Then sit back and watch them grow...

As you may know if you have read this log from the start, both these plants are clones taken from the same mother. Although the smaller of the 2 is smaller 'cos I screwed up a bit and left the air pump off for around 5 days. Strangely I have noticed that the smaller (screwed up) plant is producing masses more frosty trichs than the larger (not screwed up) plant

. Anyone have an idea why this could be? The only reason other than the damage done when the air pump was left off could be that it is quite a bit more distant from the light due to being much smaller. Really odd, any ideas are welcome!

Below is a pic of a cola on the smaller plant. By the way, the big leaves that are covered in trichs aren't piddly 1 in long jobbies, they are about 4 inches long.

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